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Improvements to benefit you on your journey to wellness. We offer simple
examples to follow for both increased wellness and better nutrition.
Secret to
Happiness
Source: Soul
Curry Magazine
At the outset, I ask
you a simple question: Do you love yourself? If your answer is yes, then
why do you live in stress? Why do you create turmoil and
frustration for yourself? Most of the people will say, Oh no…I don’t create
stress, but I get stressed because people hurt and torture me. The truth is
that until and unless you are not ready to absorb the negativity of other
people you cannot be frustrated or unhappy. You become stressed only
when you open doors of our mind and take in negativities of others.
This is how you end up being upset – if you don’t take in the negativities
of other people, then can anyone make you upset?
When someone gives you
a gift, you have every right to say ‘No’ or you can accept the gift. And
when someone is saying bad words to you, the other person can be your
husband or wife, mother, father, child, neighbor or your boss is giving you
harsh treatment, you can remain vigilant and not respond unconsciously; you
can listen to it very attentively but refuse to take it in. But you
live your life so impulsively that you never think about this. You
just unconsciously grab whatever is said to you and end up in a miserable
state. When you know who you are and how you do your duties, then why do you
react to the situations in which the other person is unloading his anger on
you. If that person is being unwise, you be wise at least.
You should
take responsibility of your mind, and see what is
beneficial or harmful to your mind. You need to keep a watch on what you
will take in seriously or what you will simply ignore. If you are given
poison, will you eat it? I give you a situation: Someone invites you for
food, you go to their home, and you see a cockroach floating in the soup
which you have been served. Now out of politeness, will you take that soup?
The host is serving you with great love to eat but you can see that there is
a cockroach in your soup, will you take that? You are not crazy, you are not
mad, you will point it out to your host about the is-happening.
But when odd
situations arise in your relationships, you don’t use your judgment well.
You can’t be honest in your dealings – in the hope of golden future you
endure so much humiliation, pain, insults. You not
only take it but you chew on your ugly situations. You talk about it again
and again with your relatives, friends and sometimes even to casual
acquaintances. You wash your dirty linen in front of all. I have observed,
people find a very narcissistic pleasure out of their sad stories. If one
narrates his story then soon another person will follow to talk about his
agony and will magnify it more than what actually would have happened in
reality. What is the cockroach in soup of your relationships – it is
‘Expectations’, the hopes you have from others, or others have from
you; this cockroach is indeed spoiling the broth of your life.
One more factor which
is responsible for your stress is that you are absorbing everything in your
head, as you have a humongous list of likes and dislikes. This list of yours
makes you biased and you judge people, things as per your preferences. You
create an idea about anything and everything in your head and then you act
according to that condition. You see world from these spectacles and so does
other person. On the top of that, you passively take every comment,
observation and remark very seriously. Other person might have said
something in lighter mood but you are never lighter – you are always loaded
with your perceptions hence confusion and discord is the result.
Only if you
use the power of discrimination and think twice before taking any thought
seriously, it would save you from unnecessary stress.
If only you be vigilant towards which thoughts you are going to save in
your brain and which thoughts you would simply brush off – you would not
create stress for yourself and maybe you wouldn’t give stress to someone
else too. Do not accept every thought – use your intellect more.
In your day-to-day
life too you have to use the power of discrimination – what you are going to
consume and what you are going to reject; even whom you are going to
interact with, etc. Even if you do not want to be with any particular
individual, who is a walking tower of negativity, you can always use your
intellect and secure yourself. You should save yourself from any kind of
onslaught.
Stress is
carcinogenic. It kills your body cells and infects
your immune system. You may think, ‘well, I don’t have much stress – it is a
small issue’ but be aware that poison even in small amount is enough to end
your life. Do not say that you have little stress. Even this little stress
can be equivalent to little poison; the only difference is that this poison
of stress will kill you slowly.
Chanting is
one of the most wonderful ways to live a stress-free life.
A research study was done in Australia on the benefits of chanting Om.
I would like to share the results of that study. When Om mantra
is chanted in a correct way, it has a direct effect on the pineal gland. It
is one of the most important glands in the brain from where vital hormones
are secreted. What are hormones? Hormones are the chemicals which have
neurotransmitters to run your body system perfectly. The pineal gland with
pituitary and hypothalamus takes care of all your major systems in the body
like musculoskeletal, circulatory, digestive, eliminatory, cardiovascular,
etc. Brain is the computer of body, and there is such a complex lymphatic
and glandular system which is running human body so perfectly. But this
computer comes with a hazard that it can get corrupted.
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When you chant Om,
it has profound effect on the pineal gland. It means if you do it correctly,
soon you will experience the changes. When you are in deep sleep all these
glands are working and various chemicals are secreted by glands like
thyroxin, melatonin and serotonin. When you worry for a long time, this
system gets corrupted soon. More stress means glands will not secrete
chemicals as it is needed. Because of continuous stress your sleep
gets affected, and when you can’t sleep properly, then further hormonal
system malfunctions. The Australian research said that if you chant Om
regularly, your glandular system would start functioning normally. You will
assimilate the power of the mantra, and this power will improve your health
and calm your mind.
You may do a small
practical now. Sit straight. Spine should be erect. Sit in a comfortable
pose / asana, making sure you have a solid base. No
movements of your shoulders, arms, fingers, toes, head – nothing should
move. Stop every movement – sit like a statue. Keep your body immobile.
Slowly close your eyes but do not close them too tight.
Stop all movements of
the body. Take a deep breath through your nose and gently let it go out
through your nose. It is very unhealthy to breathe through your mouth, so
breathe through your nose. Fill the lungs with air – take deep breaths in
and out. Try to inhale slowly, and gently let your breath become silken
breath – devoid of any jerk. Feel the body movements – when the breath goes
in you will feel the stomach expanding, and when you exhale your stomach
will move in and rib cage lowers to the normal position. Be observant and
see the changes attentively. By taking deeper breaths are giving your body
and mind a rest; this is the best technique to keep the body healthy and to
keep it free from diseases.
Step two is to take a
deep breath, inhale deeply and while exhaling chant slowly Om….Om…Om…Om….Om…Om…Om….Feel
the vibrations which are happening in your throat region and listen to the
sound you are creating by chanting Om. Do it for ten minutes.
Now don’t use the word
Om, but just a sound similar to a bee – hmmm…hmmm…hmmm. Do it in the mind.
You can hum without saying the word Om but do not forget to inhale deep. Be
focused on your breath, the sound, and while exhaling chant hmmm, hmmm,
hmmm. After a while, chant the ‘Om’ mantra mentally, breathing deep, let the
chanting resound in your mind.
Now be silent.
Let your mind be
absorbed in this mantra chanting – in vibrations of the divine word. When it
is done with the right method and aptitude, it produces
mind-boggling results. But you have to do it every day. You cannot
derive its great effects, if you don’t do it correctly and regularly.
These days
laparoscopic laser surgery is done to remove kidney stones. Do you know why
stones are formed- the reason is when oxygen doesn’t reach properly in the
abdomen area and when there is lesser energy, calcium begins to deposit in
that area and stones are formed. In laparoscopic surgery, they use sound
waves to crush the stone and crumbled particles pass out through urine.
If the sound waves have the power to crush the stone, then
imagine the enormous changes these sound vibrations produced by chanting can
bring in the body and brain.
If anyone has thyroid problem then they should do the Gunjan of Om.
For Gunjan, plug your ears with thumbs and do chanting of ‘Om’. Gently plug
the ear with your thumbs and gently chant Om. It will have a direct effect
on your thyroid gland, and it will soon begin to function normally. So
chanting Om is going to give you so much benefit – physically and
emotionally.
So begin your day with
the mantra and end the day with it. Wherever and whenever it is possible, do
your chant – on the way to work, sitting in train, car – you can use your
time in a much more creative way. Silently chant Om.
Do your Om
chanting and stop worrying as worrying isn’t going to change anything.
Rather it will take your health away. Keep your mind cool, live your life
with grace and know that the law of karma is working – so
be good and do good. If still some challenges and difficult situations
arise, handle them wisely. Soon you will be beaming like a sun. Don’t
believe my words, try for yourself.
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July
2011
